Yielding depressor-plate for combined type-writing and adding machines.



- W. L. BENCH. YIELDING DEIBESSOR PLATE FOR GOMBINED TYPE WRITING AND ADDING MACHINES.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 16, 1908.

Patented May 16, 1911.

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\ Mam/Jar. men-20 WM 3M w. L. DENO H. YIELDING DEPRBSSOR PLATE FOR COMBINED TYPE WRITING AND ADDING MACHINES.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 16, 1908.

PatentedMay 16, 19-11.

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W. L. 'DENGH. I YIELDING DEPRESSOR PLATE FOR 001111111511 TYPE WRITING AND ADDING, MACHINES.

APPLIUATION FILED JUNE16, 1908.

Patented ma 16; 1911.

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y 'W. L. DEN-CH. YIELDING DEPRESSOR PLATE FOR COMBINED TYPE WRITING AND ADDING MACHINES.

I APPLICATION FILED JUNE-16, 1908. 992,342. Patented May" 16, 1911.

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WILLIAM L. BENCH, or PELHAM, NEW Yonx, AssIeNon T0 ELLIOTT-FISHER COM- PANY, or HARRISBURG, PENNSYL ANIA, A. CORPORATION or DELAWARE.

YIEL DING DEPRESSOR-PLATE FOB COMI QIN ED TYPE-WRITING- ANZD ADDING- MACHINES.

' Specification. of Letters Patent.

Patented lVIay 16, 1911.

Application filed June 16, 1908. Serial No. 438,886.

To all whom it may concern: Be it known that I, WILLIAM LLDnNOH,

a citizen of the United Statesof America;

residing at Pelham, in the county of Wiest;

chester and State of New York, have invent ed certain new and useful Improvements in Yielding Depressor- Plates for Oonibmed Type-Writing and Adding Machines, of.

which the followingis a specification. v

This invention relatesto'combined type v writing andadding-inacliines, but more particularly to means for-simplifying the Ina-i 'nipulation of and eliminatingcertam sources of possible error in what is known as the Elliott-Fisher billing and adding machine.

Before proceeding Itoa description of the invention it maybe-ex 'lainedthatthe machine referred to incl es a platen; type- I writer equipped with adding,inechanism op erated from the numeralkeys. ,Thkeys are normally disconnected from, the adding mechanism and the.Qretractile movement "of the carriage effectsftwo important functions.

In the first place, it i'esets the carrying mechanism of the adder, iid secondly,.fit, es tablishes a cooperativejr'elation between certain parts which act upon'the forward rnovei ment of the carriage to automatically, connect the keys and adding-mechanism.

One source of error residesin the possibility of beginning the o chine before the carriage as been snfliciently retracted to properly position the key connecting mechanism. Another possibility of error has heretofore resided in a relation of the parts which has made it possible under some conditions to retracttheoarriage sufficiently to cause the proper connection of the keys with the adding mechanism without effecting a sufficient retraction. of. said carriage to properly reset the carrying mechanism of the adding devices. v a

In my co-pending application, No. 438,835 filed June 16, 1908 I have disclosed a keys and the proper resetting of the carrying devices prior to the recording andv adding of each successive number.

In the accompanying draw1ngs-Figure 1 1s a sectional view of an 'Elliott Fisher bill in, Fig. 1.

. surne during the retraction of the carriage tions shown in Fig; 4, and Fig.7 a detail perspective view of'th Z the carriage with whic -by the same reference charaot if The billing I which This'machine includes a flat platen ration of the m a-. travel longitudinally to space awriting. Mounted to travel on transversely of the platen, J'the writing,is :1 .tion of which is surmounted by letter and numeral keysri connected by draw-wires 9 todownwardlyz swinging type bars 10. The carriage moved to the right by carriage pro means.

f latter beingshown in Fig.* 2 whereby the carriage is dogged against forfspacing movement of mean a acters are printed one at a time byffliede adding machine equipped with my "invention but having portions of the structure hi'oken 'aw'ay, the positions of the parts "being those assumed during the recording and adding operation. Fig. 2 is a similar view showing the parts in the positions they assume during the retraction of the carriage preparatory to the recording and adding of the neigt number. Fig. 3 is a rear elevation of-a .portion of the machine showing the positions assumed by certain of the parts dur-- ing the forward advance of the-carriage, as Fig. :4: is a-. view similar to Fig. 3'showing the partsin the positions they asas in Fig. 2., Fig. 5. is a plan view of the mechanism with the parts in the positiens shown iniFig. 3.- Fig. dis a similar viewof the mechanism with thepartsin the posisepant'slnonnted. on .rnyf vention is concerned. Each part, wherever sho rgy invention is shown apnlij Enamisher billing machine 10f com iszt over mounted to the line's of t min 2.- to letter-space carriage 3, the upper in the form of a .casinggiP which a machine frame El is and 6, the stems 7 of which-are connected' to key levers 8 fulcrumed in the casing and iitrolled by key-operated escapeirien't-rnechanism, indicated generally. at 12: in-' F ig. II

As usual in this class of machines,-.the' char-I pression of the keys, and thejoarfi'ifi-bdvances step-by stepjulide'l the com let on ,escapement as the keys rise. p ,T/ze computing mechanicm.--This mocha? .nism includesia computing device or register 13. adjustable longitudinally of a guide ban li y the; purpose being toallow the arm 35 to swing freely in an upward direction, butto depress the arm when forced down-u ward. At its front or left hand end, viewed from the rear of the typewriter, the arm is provided with a laterally disposed cam 37 adapted to coact with What is termed the key connecting plate 38 ofthe register. The plate 38 is merely ledge extending across the front of, the register at its bottom, as shown in Figs. 1 and 3, and acts, upon the advanceof the carriage, to depress the key Connecting arm to the positionshown in Figs. 1, 3 and That is to say, as the carriage advances in the direction of letter spacing, the cam37 of the arm 35 will en-.- gage the end of the plate 38 and being inclined, and adapted to yield, said arm will be depressed sufficiently to allow the cam 37 on the end of the arm to ride undery'the plate. lVhen the arm 35 is thus depressed it in turn depresses the arm 32 which de presses the rear end of the lever 31, causing the front end of said lever to be elevated, This movement of the lever 31 will cause it to engage the roller abutment 29 and phus swing the yoke operating le --2 f purpose of throwing the several links 24 into: engagement with the numeral=-key stems. Thus when the hey connect a n 35 andthe plate 38 bear the relation lndn cated in Fig. 3, the carriage will be ad vancing in the direction of letter s, acin with the keysconnected to the addinbimech anism, as shown in Fig. 1, and with tlie printing point of the typewriter located I within the adding field; When the master means 16 has moved beyond the-register" and the printing point has advanced hee yond the adding field, the cam 37' willfliave passed beyond the end of the plate 38 and will be sufficiently elevated by the spring 33 to effect the disconnectionof the keys and the restoration of-the key connecting arm 35.to normal position. If now, the car'- riage is retracted,;the cam37 will ride backv over the plate 38,- as shown in Figs. 3,4 and 6, since, as has been explained, the arm 35 will ride back over the may yield upwardly independently of the arm32.. 7; i V

The letter space, Zach-ll; will be seen that during the retraction" of the carriage the cam 3'? of the key connecting arm 35 plate 38 and that during this manipulation of the machine the, keysare disconnected and can only be re connected by retractingthe carriage sufiiciently to cause the cam 37 to drop down from the end of the plate and in position to be depressed'bysaid plate upon the forward advance of the carriage, If, however, the operator retracts the carriage to a new writing position without retracting it sufficiently tocause the cam 37 to clear the plate 38, he may proceed with the writing of a number in the column to be computed while the keys remain disconnected because during this premature forward movement of the carriage the key conneting arm will be resting upon the upper side of the plate 38. To render this impossible, I provide the upper side of the plate 38 with ratchet teeth 39 arranged to dog the cam 37, and hence the carriage, against forwarder letter space movement in the event of insufficient retraction of the carriage to cause the cam 37 todrop into proper position for the automatic connection of the keys and adding mechanism. By reference to Fig. 3, for instance, wherein they parts are shown in the positions they assume during the retraction of the carriage, it will be seen that the lower edge of the cam engages the teeth and arm 35 a pawl and ratchet mechanism which acts during a predetermined portion of the retractile movement of the carriage to prevent a forward or letter space movement of the carriage until the retractile movement of the latter has been completed sufliciently to insure the proper operation. of the automatic key connecting mechanism. a It will also be observed that as soon as the'properqretractile movement of the carriage has beeninsured the locking mechanism becomes neiiective and permits the forward advance 01" the carria e, which is necessary for the properflepeiration of the machine. This provision for effecting a letter space lockof tbe cai'riage is fully disclosed in my co pendingapplication hereinbefore identified; l f-The yteldingdcpressorplate for the tartand the reach/dag means for tlirifiqdi'rydcoieea--ltwrl1 be recalledthat one of the enumerated sources of error'has resided in the possibility of retracting the carr age sufieiently to position the parts for the auto- ;matic connection of the keys before the resetting mechanism for the carrying devices wasoperated, thus allowing the printing of anism in onset condition. This obviously resulted in error because the values accumulated upon the wheels would not be carried to the wheels of next higher order and in fact certain of the number wheels would be inoperative because locked by an unset or previously operated carryingdevice; Here 'tofore, however, it has been considered impossible to so arrange the re settingmechanism that the carrying devices would be reset at a sufliciently early stage in the retraction to avoid the difliculty mentioned, 12

.a number and the operation of a number wheel of the register with the carrying meehbut by a rearrangement of parts which it is now in order to describe, I am enabled to nsure the resetting of the carrying mechanism by the retractile movement of the carriage before the key connecting mechanism 1 will be in proper position to carry or transfer a- 'value to the proper wheel. The two gyositions of a given vibrator. will be noted is positioned for proper operation. In order that thisre-arrangement may be clearly understood, it" is first necessary to explain.

briefly the construction of the registering mechanism employed in .this class I of to rotate a series of registering wheels 41 r which display the digits before a sight opening 42 in the register casing. Associated with the wheels are carrying levers 43 having swinging carrying dogs 44 which extend over the teeth of the wheels 40, as

shown in Fig. 1. The carrying levers 43 are normally held elevated by selectors 45, as shown in Fig. 2, and when released are thrown down from the position shown in Fig. '2 to that shown in Fig. 1 by carrying meters or springs 46. The selectors 45 are thrown back vby'lugs on the wheels 40 in a manner which wi-llbe clearly those skilled in the art.

To insure the engagement of the carrying understood by dogs 44with the wheels, a series of dog vibrators 47 are mounted in the casing and have their front ends extended beyond the same to facilitate their engagement by what is known as a vibrator depressing plate 48.

Ordinarily this plate-is rigidlygnounted on the carriage 3 of the typewriter and as the carriage advances to the right to present the master wheel 16 to successive'number wheels 40, the plate 48 depresses the front ends of the vibrators 47 successively and causes them to throw the carrying dogs 44 into engagement with the wheels'40. The depressor plate is of. sufficient length to hold each operatedvibrator in; its advanced position as the master wheel continues its movement across the register so that any carrying de-' vice. tofthe leftof. the wheel being operated and 2.

comparing these elements in Figs. 1

' It is obvious the carrying devices may be operated during a traverse off the register bythe master f means, or, in other words, during the printing and addingof a given number, it-is necessary to restorethese'carrying devices to normal or set position before the value of the nelgt number is thrown into the register. For this: purpose it is'usual to employ a reset rocker 4i) geared to afrocker' operating slide 50 and rocked the inwardor rearthati' since certain or ally-of eeaeea ward movement of said slide from the position shown in Fig. 1 to that shown in Fig. 2 to efi'ect the elevationor resetting of the levers 43 and selectors 45. The slide. 50 is extended beyond the front of the register and is operated upon the retraction of the carriage by what is known as acarrying reset cam 51 formed at oneend' of a swinging arm 52 pivoted upon the rear wall of the carriage casing and retained in normal position by a spring 53. Thecam 50 is,so constructed that it rides under the projecting end of the slide 50 during the forward or letter space movement ofthe carriage, as indicated in Fig. 3, and therefore 1n no way afi'ects the resetting mechanism.- When the carriage is retracted, on the contrary, the reset cam 51 engages the front end of the slide 50 and urges the same rearwardly, as shown in Fig. 6, thus effecting the resetting of the carrying mechanism in the manner described. I

The elements which have been described under the last heading are all old, but, as heretofore stated, the depressor plate 48 has been rigidly mounted. This rigid mounting of the depressor plate has made it necessary to so locatethe depressor plate48 and the reset cam 51 relative to eachother that the cam would not come into action until after the depressor plate had been removed from engagement with the vibrators 47. The necessity for this relation arose from the fact that as long as the depressor plate 48 remained "1D. engagement with the vibrators 47 it held the latter in their operative positions and therefore held the carrying dogs 44 in enga ement with the wheels 40. Therefore, i with the parts in these positions, the slide 50 shouldbe operated to reset the carrying mechanism, the frictional engagement of the dogs 44 with the wheels would obstruct the resetting operation and if suflicient force were applied to overcome this obstruction the upward movement of the dogs would tend to carry the wheels 40 backward, thus producing an erroneous registration' of- -the value previously accumulated in theregister. This necessity for,

mounting the-cam 51 s suificient distance frcm'the depressor'plate to insure the complete removal-"of the plate from the vibrators before the cam came into action was responsible fo'r the possible failure to reset the carrying mechanism by the time the key connecting mechanism was properly positioned; I

' It is the primary object of the present in-" vention therefore to devise an arrangement whereby the depressor plate will be effective to perform its normalfunction of operating the dog vibrators 47 during the advance of the carriage without necessitating a sulfil-cient retraction of the carriage to remove thedepressor plate from the vibrators before the cam 51 can act to reset the carryof the carrying reset cam 51, the depressor plate 48, and the key connecting arm 35, whereby the proper resetting of the carrying mechanism will necessarily be completed-by the time the key connecting arm 35 has reached the end of the plate 38 and drops into position to accomplish the automatic connection of the keys with the addmg mechanism. To accomplish this end it is simply necessary to so mount the depressor plate 48 that it will be held rigidly while advancing across the vibrators 47 and will be allowed to yield upwardly while in engagement with the vibrators during the retraction of the carriage, this yielding of the depressor plate permitting the carrying reset cam to be moved farther to the right (viewed from the back of the carriage) so that it may act to reset the carrying mechanism before the depressor plate has moved beyond the vibrators, since the upward yielding of the plate will pre'ventthe latter from obstructing suchmovement of the -vi* brators asis occasioned by the resetting operation. To effect these ends the depressor plate 48 instead of being rigidly mounted on the carriage 3, is provided with forwardly extending arms 54 retained at their front ends by screws 55 secured to the top of the carriage casing. The screws 55, however, are not screwed down tight,- but on the contrary, allowlimitedvertical play of the arms, the openings in which are of suiticientsize to allow somewhat greater play of the depressor plate proper. This vertical yielding or play of the plate 48 will be understoodby a comparison of Figs. 3 and 4. In Fig. 3 the plate occupies its depressed position, since it is shown'in the act of depressing the vibrators 47, while. in Fig. 4 the plate 48 is shown elevated so as not to interfere with the elevation of the front ends of the vibrators which is incidental to the resetting of the carrying mechanism. It should be understood, however, that the particular manner of mounting the plate 48 to secure the necessary vhrtical play is immaterial, as the same may obviously be hinged or arranged to have a vertical sliding motion. I

In order to hold the late 48 rigidly in its depressed position, uring its forward or operative movement, the/arm 32 of the key connecting mechanism is provided with V a draw rod 56 pivotally at its lower end to the arm 52 resided abovethe plate 48 with an angu erg-end or leg 57 through which is passed. an abutment} screw 8 disposed directly over the plate 48. ltjormally, that is to say, "when the keys are (l isconnected, the abutment screw 58 w1ll be elevated above the plate 48 sufficiently to allow the latter to rise freely, Fig. 4.

connecting mechanism to be depressed by the plate 38 to in turn depress the arm 32, the latter will draw down the draw rod 56 and thus cause the abutment screw 58 to hold the depressor plate 48 in its depressed position.- Therefore, as the plate 48 moves across the front ends of the vibrators 47, it will operate thelatter in the usual manner to insure the proper engagement of the carrying dogs 44 with the wheels 40. As soon, however, the cam 37 moves beyond the plate 38 the arms 35 and 32 will be elevated by the spring 83 and the abutment screw will be elevated to permit the up ward yielding of the plate 48. It now, the carriage 1s retracted, the cam 37 will ride over the plate 38 and while the depressor plate 48 is still located over the vibrators, thereset cam 51 will act, as shown in Figs. 2, 3. and 6, to reset the carrying mechanism. y

It will be observed that in my present arrangement the cam 51 is so positioned relative to the plate 48 and the arm 35 that it will act to set the carrying mechanism while the plate 48 is arranged over the vibrators (the vertical yielding of the plate permittin the resetting operation at this time) an before the arm 35 has dropped into position to ,efiect the automatic connection of the keys.- Thus'the enumerated possibilities of error are completely eliminated, first, be-

cause by reason of the letter space lock, to-

wit the ratchet connection between the arm 35 and the plate 38, the carriage cannot move to'the right after its partial retraction across the register until it. is sutliciently retracted to insure the automatic connection of the keys, and second,- because the relative positions of the resetting cam 51 and the key connecting arm 35,. (made possible by the yielding of the depressor plate during retraction) insures the resetting of the carrying mechanism by the time the key connecting mechanism is properly positioned and before the letter space lock' becomes ineffective. In this connection attention may be directed to the fact that the letter space look not only prevents the forward advance "advantages accrue from the yielding mounting of the depressor plate and the rc-posi-- tioning of the reset can: 51 to cause the latter to act with certainty before the hey connecting mechanism is restored to normal position, since this relation of the parts, re-- gardless of the presence or absence of the let-- ter space lock, renders it impossible to cause the connection of the keys While the carrying mechanism still remains in unset condition.

It is thought that from the foregoin the "21), construction, operation and advantages of my invention w ill be clearly apparent, but.

I wish to be understood as reserving the right to eifect such changes, modifications or variations of the illustrated structure as I A may come fairly wltlun the scope of the pro- I .mernbers, carrying dogs, and dogvibrators,

of a reciprocatory o crating member for the vvibrators, said mem ers being yieldable during its movement in one direction and rigid during its movement in the opposite direc-- tion.

3. In an adding machine, the combination with a register including a-series of denominational members, carrying dogs therefor, and positioning devices for said dogs, of a reclprocatory member coiiperating With said devices, said member being yieldableduring its retraction to avoid the obstruction of the positioning devices,- and means for retaining the member during its movement in one direction in vices.

4. In an adding machine, the combination position to operate said dewith a register including a series of denominational members, carrying dogs therefor, and-positioning devices for the dogs, of a traveling member arranged to operate the positioning devices, and controlling means for the member, said controlling means-retaining the member operative position during, its travel in one direction and permitting the member to yield during its travel in the opposite direction.

5. in an adding machine, the combination with a register including denominational members, carrying dogs, and dog positioning devices, of c denressorplste for said devices, and controlling means for the de pressor plate, said controllingmeans including a cam and a cooperating member. I

6. In an adding machine, the combination with a register, including a series oi denominational members, carrying dogs, and dog positioning devices, of an operating member for said devices movable into and out of opscenes tion, and means for moving the stop.

7. In an adding machine, the combination with a register including denominational members, carrying dogs therefor, and dog positioning devices; of an operat ng member for said devices, and controlling means for said member, said controlling means includ- "ing a stop coacting with the member, charm for moving the stop, and a cam arranged to operate the arm.

8. In an adding machine, the combination with a register including denominational members, carryingdogs, and positioning devices for the dogs, ofa carriage, and cinember movable with the carriage to operate said devices and yieldable during the retraction of the carriage 9. In an adding machine, the combination with a register including a series of denominational members, carrying dogs, and dog positioning devices, of a member movable with the carriage to operate said devices and also having movement relative to the car'- riage to position the member in operative or inoperative position, and meanscontrolling the movement of the member relative to the carriage and operated by the travel of said carriage.

10. In an adding machine, the combina tion with a register including denominational members, carrying dogs, and dog positioning devices,of a traveling carriage,

a member movable with the carriage 'to"op-- crate said devices, a movable stop for said member, and means for automatically positioning the sto 11. In an adding machine, the combination with a register including a series of denominational members, carrying dogs therefor, and dog vibrators, of a traveling carriage, and means for operating the vibra-. tors upon the movement of the carriage" in one direction, said means being ineffective to obstruct the movement of the vibrators during the movement of the carriage in the opposite direction. 12. In an adding machinc, thc combina tion "within register including a series of denominational members, carrying dogs, and dog vibrators, ofa vibrator depressor plate movable with the carriage and yieldable relative to the carriage during the retraction thereof.

13. In an adding machine; the combination with a register including a series of denominational members, carrying dogs, and dog vibrators, of a traveling carriage, e vibrator depressor plate movable with the carriage and also :oaovable to operative and inoperative osition, and automatic controllingmeans or the depressor plate..-

14. than adding machine, the combination with a register including a series of denominational members, carrying dogs, and dog vibrators, of a traveling carriage, a vibrator depressor plate movable with the carriage and yieldable under the impulse of the vibrators, and means preventing the yielding of the depressor plate during a predetermined movement of the carriage.

15. In an adding machine, the cbmbination with a register, including a plurality of denominationalmembers, carrying dogs, and dog vibrators, of a traveling carriage, a depressor plate. arranged to operate the vibrators during the movement of the carriage and movable to operative andinoperative positions, and means controlling the position of the depressor plate and operated automatically by the movement of the can riage,

16. In an adding machine, the combina tion with a register including a series of denominational members, carrying dogs therefor, and dog vibrators, of a depressor plate arranged to operate the vibrators dliring the movement of the carriage, and means controlling the depressor plate, said means inc'ludinga cam and a cotiperative member brought into'engagement by the movement of the carriage.

17. In an adding machine, the combinaion with a register including a series of denominational members, carrying dogs, and dog vibrators, of a vibrator'depressor plate mounted on the carriage and yield-able relative thereto, a stop coacting with the plate to prevent the yielding thereof and movable to permit said plate to yield, and automatic means for moving the stop.

18. Inan adding machine, the combina tion with a register including a series of denominational members, carrying dogs, and dog vibrators, of a vibrator depressor plate mounted on the carriage and yieldable rela tive thereto, a stop coacting with the plate to prevent the yielding-thereof and movable to permit said plate to yield, and means controlled by the movement of the carriage for positioning the stop.

19. In adding machine, the'comblnation with a re ister includin a series of denon'iinational members, carrying dogs, and dog vibrators, of a vibrator depressor plate mounted on the carriage and yieldable relative thereto, a stop coacting with the plate to prevent the yielding thereof and movable to permit said plate to yield, and stop positioning means including a cam and a coacting member brought into operative relation. by the movement of the carriage.

20. In an adding machine, the combination with a series of denominational members, carrying mechanism therefor including carrying dogs and dog positioning devices, and resetting means for the carrying mechanisi'n, 0d a traveling carriage, means operated by the movement of the carriage to actuate the resetting means, and a member operated by the movement of the carriage in one direction only to actuate the dog positioning devices.

21. In an adding mechanism, the combination with a series of denominational members, carrying mechanism therefor induct mg carrying dogs and dog vibrators and resetting means for the carrying mechanism, of a traveling carriage, means operated by the retraction of the carriage to actuate the resetting means, and means operated by the forward movement of the carriage to actuate the dog vibrators, said last named means being ineffective to obstruct the movement of-the vibrators incidental to the resettin of "the can in mechanism durin b a a obstruction of said vibrators during the r traction of the carriage.

23. in an adding machine, the combination with a series of denommatmnalmembers, of carrying mechanism therefor in eluding carrying and dog positioning members, of operating mechanism for the denominational members, keys normally disconnected from the operating mechanism, automatic hey connecting mechanism, and

means for operating the dog positioning devices, id means being controlled by the key connectin mechanism.

24. In an adding machine, the combination with series of denominational memhers, carrying mechanismtherefor including carrying dogs, and dog vibrators, of operating mechanism for the denominational membets, lteys normally disconnected from the o erating i'nechanism, automatic hey connccting mechanism, a yieldable vibrator'de pressor plate, means operated by the key connecting mechanism and controllin the position of theplate.

In anaddingmachinc, the combination with aaeriescr' denominational mean here, carrying mechanism therefor including carrying dogs and dog vibrators, of a traveling carriage, a vibrator depressor plate movable with the carriage and yieldable in a ,diiierent direction, operating mechanism for the denominational mexnocrs, lteys norinallyizdisconnected from the operating mechanism, a stop mo able to prevent the yielding of the vibrator depressor plate 'a nd means operated by the movement of the carriage to auto- 'matically connect the keys and position the stop. v i

26. In an adding machine, the combination with a series of denominational members', carrying mechanism therefor including carrying dogs and dog. vibrators, and a traveling carriage, ofa vibrator dgpressor. plate movable with the carriagean yieldable in a different direction, a stop arranged in position to prevent the yielding of the plate, operating mechanism for the denom- 'inational members, keys normally disconnected. from the operating mechanism, auto- 1nat1c key connecting mechanism including an arm and a coacting cam, and means con-,

nected to one of said last named elements to positioning the stop.

of means operated by the movement of the carriage in one direction to actuate the resetting means, and a pawl and ratchet mechanism for dogging the carriage against movement in the opposite direction until the operation of the resetting means is completed.

- 29. In an adding machine, the combination with a register including denomin'ational members, carrying mechanism, and resetting means for the carrying mechanism, of operating means for the register, keys normally disconnected from the operating means, automatic key connecting mechanism, a r'eciprocatory carriage operative upon the retraction thereof to properly position the automatic key connecting mechanism and to actuate the resetting means, and means for dogging the carriage against movement in the opposite direction until, the resetting means has been properly operated andthe key connecting meansproperly positioned.

30. In an adding machine, the combination with a register fincluding denomina';

tional members, carrying mechanism, and

resetting means for the carrying mechanism, of ,operating means for the register, keys,

normally disconnected from "the operating means, automatic key connecting mechanism, a reciprocatory carria e operative upon the retraction thereof to properly position the automatic key conned ng mechanism and to l actuate the resetting means, and pawl and ratchet mechanism for dogging the carriage against movement in the opposite direction until the resetting means has been properly operated and the key connecting means properly positioned.

31. In an adding machine, thecombination with a series of denominational members and carrying means, of actuating means for the members, said members and actuating means having relative movement in two directions, and means operative during,such

relative movement in one direction to insure cooperative engagement between the de nominational members and carrying means and opposing no material resistance to the disengagement of the members and the carrying means during relative movement of;

the members and actuating means in another direction. m I

32. In an adding machine, the combination with a register including denominational members, carrying devices and-posh tioning' means for the carrying devices, of actuating means, said register and actuating means having relative forward and retra'ctile movement, and means coactin with the positioning means during such orward movement only, to insure a cooperatiye relation between the denominational members and carrying-devices.

.. In tGStImOHY whereof I af'fix 'mysignature in presence of two witnesses.

" WILLIAM L; nENon.

I Witnesses: L. MAIER, MAX C. BEARD.

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